Combining Forms
Bronchial
What is bronch/o?
Small grape-like structures in the lower airway where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange takes place.
What is alveoli?
pertaining to
What is -eal?
Above, on
What is epi-?
Wheezes, trouble breathing, mis-match IE Ratio.
Partition
What is sept/o?
One of two main branches in the lower airway, leading to the lungs.
What is bronchus?
inflammation of
What is -itis?
across; through
What is trans-?
Trouble swallowing saliva, bacterial infection, drooling, fever.
What is epiglottitis?
Fungus
Main structures of the lower airway that house the alveoli and the bronchi.
What are lungs?
condition, usually abnormal
What is -osis?
above; excessive
Fever, rhonchi, deep cough, chest soreness, green phlegm.
Pharyng/o
What is pharynx?
Each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs.
What is pleura?
process; condition
What is -ism?
No; not; without
Fever, trouble with vocal chords, sore throat, hoarse or absent voice, hurts to swallow.
What is tonsillitis?
What is nose?
A muscular tube connecting the throat with the stomach.
process
What is -ion?
opposite
Chest and/or back soreness, green phlegm, fever, cough, rhonchi in lungs, diminished lungs sounds one or both sides.
What is pneumonia?
Trachea
What is trache/o?
A hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords (voice box)
What is the larynx?
new opening (to forma mouth)
What is -stomy?
difficulty
What is dys-?
Slight dyspnea (trouble breathing), no history of breathing problems, calf pain, chest pain, coughing up blood.
What is pulmonary embolism.
Lung
What is pneumon/o?
Large hollow space enclosed by the ribs, vertebral column and sternum, separated from the stomach by the diaphragm.
What is thoracic cavity?
abnormally slow
What is brady-?
abnormally rapid
What is tachy-?
High blood pressure, wet lung sounds, could have an irregular heart beat.
What is pulmonary hypertension?
Laryng/o
What is Larynx?
a cartilaginous tube, containing about 20 tough rings that connect the larynx to the bronchi, allowing air to pass to the lungs.
What is trachea?
breathing
What is -pnea?
many
What is poly-?
Thick and sticky mucus. Inherited cisease of the mucus and sweat glands.
What is cystic fibrosis?